Harry=halfblood?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 76383

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "T.M. Sommers" <tms2 at m...> 
wrote:
> Geoff Bannister wrote:
> > 
> > Possibly. But in the heat of the moment, HP might have responded 
with 
> > something semantic like "Who are you calling a half-blood, you 
old 
> > hag?" or some equally suitable comment.
> 

TRS:

> And if he had done so, he would have been validating the idea 
> that "half-blood" is insulting.

Geoff:
My point being that he /didn't/. Even under the considerable stress 
of the moment, he avoided going into the "and you too...." often used 
by boys (speaking from my own long-lost experience). He in fact threw 
back at Bellatrix the fact that her comment was based om an untruth. 
Harry has never had problems acknowledging that he isn't a pureblood.